Build the LEGO Summer Olympic Games!

Build events from the summer games out of LEGO bricks!

This is such a fun LEGO challenge for kids of all ages, even teens and adults. No matter what bricks kids have one hand, they can find a way to build some of the olympic sports! We’ll show you how we built gymnastics, diving, track, and more. Show your kids and then challenge them to come up with more sports on their own!

After you’re done building with LEGO bricks, be sure to check out our Summer Games Printable Activity Pack as well.

This post was updated in July 2024.

Build the Olympic Rings with LEGO Bricks

This is a great place to start and only requires basic bricks in blue, black, red, yellow, and green.

We used a tan 32 x 32 baseplate.

Build the rings flat on a base plate, or build them free standing with larger bricks.  The rings (and flags – see below) would also be fun to use as decorations for an Olympics watching party.

Build the Olympic Torch with LEGO Bricks

Our boxer figure (we don’t have many athletes!) is lighting the torch! The hand held torch is a telescope brick, then two 1 x 1 round plates, then a brown 3 x 3 dish. The fire is just inserted into the disk.

Build Swimming and Diving Events with LEGO Bricks

Building a LEGO pool is SO easy and it looks super cool.

The color that we used for the water is called medium azure on BrickLink. When we were writing our first LEGO book, Awesome LEGO Creations, I bought a whole bunch of 2 x 4 medium azure plates at our local LEGO store for the pool project. However, you can also use the standard blue bricks or light blue bricks. LEGO has so many color options now!

We made our pool with two different diving board heights.

You can also make minifigures appear to be in the water by removing their legs and attaching them to the pool. This makes them look like they are standing in the water.

Build Gymnastics Events with LEGO Bricks

These are my favorite projects! It’s so easy to make gymnastics equipment out of LEGO bricks.

We built a balance beam, pommel horse, vault, and uneven bars.

The balance beam is built from a 1 x 10 dark gray plate with a 1 x 6 tan brick and a 1 x 4 tan brick on top. Build the stand with 1 x 1 light gray bricks and 2 x 2 light gray round plates.

The pommel horse turned out so cute!

Here are the bricks we used for the pommel horse.

We built these uneven bars, and the minifigures can hang onto them. So fun!

Here are the bricks we used to build the uneven bars.

Then here’s our LEGO vault. It proved to be challenging to photograph my LEGO gymnast doing her vault routine, haha. But it’s so fun to pretend they are jumping on the springboard and then flipping over the vault!

Here’s a better view of how I built the vault.

Build World Flags with LEGO Bricks

We have a whole separate post with ideas for building LEGO flags! This is a great activity to incorporate into your Olympics week or any geography unit.

I love how versatile LEGO bricks are. You can use them for just about anything!

What will your kids come up with?  Feel free to share photos of your kids’ LEGO® Olympic creations on the Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls Facebook page!

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Need more Olympics themed activities? Check out our Summer Games Printable Activity Pack.